East Tennessee Roots
Major
- Joined
- Dec 31, 2010
- Location
- Kingsport, Tennessee
One of my wife's 2 x great-grandfathers. Wounded and captured July 3, 1863 Right leg amputated on the battlefield by Union surgeons.
James Monroe Harris
Residence was not listed; 23 years old.
Enlisted on 5/20/1861 at Estillville, VA as a Private.
On 5/20/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VA 37th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 2/18/1862
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Received pay 2/18/1862 Camp Mason, NC
* On rolls 12/15/1862 (place not stated)
* POW 7/3/1863 Gettysburg, PA
* Wounded 7/3/1863 Gettysburg, PA (Severely wounded in right leg, amputated)
* Hospitalized 7/8/1863 Chester, PA
* Transferred 10/4/1863 Hammond Gnl Hospl, Point Lookout, MD
* Transferred 3/6/1864 City Point, VA (For exchang
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
- The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War
James Monroe Harris
Residence was not listed; 23 years old.
Enlisted on 5/20/1861 at Estillville, VA as a Private.
On 5/20/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VA 37th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 2/18/1862
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Received pay 2/18/1862 Camp Mason, NC
* On rolls 12/15/1862 (place not stated)
* POW 7/3/1863 Gettysburg, PA
* Wounded 7/3/1863 Gettysburg, PA (Severely wounded in right leg, amputated)
* Hospitalized 7/8/1863 Chester, PA
* Transferred 10/4/1863 Hammond Gnl Hospl, Point Lookout, MD
* Transferred 3/6/1864 City Point, VA (For exchang
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
- The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War